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Camm The iChair ruled that staff would go ahead with the procedure out- 7/23/75 lined by the Mayor. Affirm Councilman Bradley expressed his dissatisfaction with the decision, saying it was it unfair to the public. He recommended that ~iscussion of the issue should be open to the public and to the media. It "rubbed him wrong," he said, and amounted to operation by secrecy. He thought there should be a lot of dialogue before answers were stated. Mayor Anderson responded that there would probably be several public hearings giving ample opportunity for public discussion, the answers would be public, and openness would be maintained, both in discussion and in the question- naires. If there was any indiciation of sec~ecy in the proceeding, he said, the Chair would welcome that advice. P. To Smoke or Not To Smoke - Councilman Haws called attention again to the Council rule banning smoking during committee meetings. At the conclusion of other business, when some Council members stated their intent to smoke during executi~e session, the Mayor said he did not intend to rule each time the subject came up Camm whether smoking would be allowed. He said if the Council wished to take 1egisla- 7/16/75 tive action, that would be its choice, but he was not going to make the decision File whether a session at the time was or was not public in the sense that smoking would or would not be permitted. Q. Sidewalk on Danebo to Royal - Councilman Haws asked the status of the project. Camm 7/16/75 Don Allen, public works director, answered that; it was underway with a Septem- ber 1, 1975 completion date. File R. Neighborhood Street Lighting - Councilman Haws referred to funds diverted from Camm street lighting funds for some of the neighborhood areas and wondered if re- 7/16/75 sponse had been received yet from neighborhood groups in that regard. Assistant Manager was not aware of any response but said a staff report would soon be File brought to the Council on street lighting proposals. S. Annexation, area west of Delta Highway north of Belt Line - Councilman Haws re- Camm e ferred to denial of this annexation by the Boundary Commission and wondered if 7/16/75 staff could report on that action. Assistant Manager answered that a report File would be returned to the Council. J T. National League of Cities Workshop for Council members/American Institute of Planners Workshop on Growth - Councilman Haws asked whether funds were available for Council members who wished to attend one or the other workshop - both to be. held in San Francisco on August 21-22-23 - whether staff considered the workshops "worth the effort," and which would be more beneficial to Council members. Camm Assistant Manager answered that information on both'meetings would be made avail- 7/16/75 able. If there was high interest, arrangements would be made for those who File wished to attend. He said there was no priority between the two, it was a question of which meeting Council members felt would be most beneficial to each individually. V'Donation, Cross Suit - C~uncilman Williams submitted a check hp. received for Camm $1.00 made payable to the city of Eugene from R. H. and Stella L. Burke, 7/16/75 350 Pearl Street, Apt.1613, to be endorsed over to whoever would be appealing File the order for removal of the Cross from Skinner Butte. V. Noisy Saturday Night Parties were the basis for complaints to Councilman Murray on a c0uple of recer.~ weekends. He said citizens had expressed concern at the delay in police reEponse time - in one instance four to five hours. He recognized priorities on police ~a~ls but since both complaints occurred on Saturday nights Camm he wondered whether extra staffing on that nigh~ might be advisable. Assistant 7/16/75 Mana'ger ans.wered that the police department was now staffing on Friday and File Saturday nights at the expenSE of other evenings. And David Jordan, public relations officer, said the complaints mentioned by Mr. Murray and reported - delay in response time had been investigated. 7/28/75 - 12 4-30